Plow.



N0. 664,570.- Pat'ented Dec. 25, |900.

'ILL MOBRISUN.

A PLow.

(Afpliceion mea my`24. 1900.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT L. MORRISON, OF 'NATHAN, TEXAS.

PLOW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 664,570, dated December 25, 1900.

Application filed May 24,1900. Serial No. 17,870. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, ROBERT L. MORRISON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Nathan, in the county of Johnson and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Plows, of which the following is a specicalion.

This invention relates to plows, and particularly to a plow having a land shoe or slide hinged to the plow-point and iixed to the depending portion of the plow-beam.

The object of the invention is to provide a plow especially fitted for the bedding of cotton-land; and to effect this Iemploy right and left moldboards, secure the plow-point t0 them, use novel and peculiar means forloosely connecting them to the plow-standard or the depending portion of the plow-beam, fix a land slide or shoe to the end of said portion or standard, and hinge the shoe to the plowpoint, so that the said hinge acts as a pivot for the free movement of the plow-point and moldboard up and down or vertically without lifting the shoe from the furrow except in striking unusual obstructions, in which case the shoe is tilted backward or forward from the plow-handles, the shoe acting as a fulcrum, while the plow point and moldboards hang loose on the hinge and are kept in proper alinement by the slidable connection with the plow beam or extension.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this application, Figure l is a perspective view, partly broken away. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the bracket looking at the under side thereof. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a modification.

The same numeral references denote the same parts throughout the views of the draw- 1ngs.

The plow-beam l has a depending portion or standard 2, to which is secured a V-clamp 3 for connecting the handles 4. To the end of the standard v2 is fixed at 2a a land slide or shoe 5, so that it is rigid with the plowbeam and projects considerably to the rear thereof. The handles 4 are braced to the beam l by suitable rods 6.

The importance of my invention lies in the novel and peculiar means for connecting the plow-point and Inoldboards together, so that the latter may slide on the plow-beam exteni sion and the former may be hinged or pivoted to the land slide or shoe 5. This means consists of a bracket having wings 7 to suit the curvature of the moldboards 6a and plowsubstituted by a U-shaped hanger 14, having holes l5 for bolting it to the bracket and plowpoint, as shown in Fig. 4.

It is obvious that the bracket affords not only a simple, convenient, and inexpensive means of connecting the moldboards and plow-point together, but it connects the point pivotally with the shoe and makes a vertically-slidable connection between the moldboards,p1owbearn, and shoe. The handles being secured to the standard or beam extension between the fixed point of the shoe and standard and the arms 10 permits the handles to be operated directly uponthe shoe and allows the said arms uninterrupted play.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a plow, the combination, with a shoe fixed to the standard or plow-beam extension, of the bracket connecting the plowpoint with the moldboards and pivoted to the shoe, and having arms slidably connected to the said standard or extension.

2. In a plow, the combination, with a shoe fixed to the standard or depending portion of the plow-beam, of a bracket connecting the 1o of the bracket secured to the moldboards and plow-point, and having top arms free to slide on said beam above said clamp, and bottom ears pivoted to the forward end of the said shoe.

In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand 15 in the presence of two Witnesses.

' ROBERT L. MORRISON. Witnesses:

E. B. REEVE, H. K. HUGHES. 

